There’s been a break in the case of the double homicide of a gay couple found dead inside their Wilton Manors home. Peter Serge Avsenew, 26, was taken into custody in Polk County Tuesday night for violating probation. That charge is unrelated to the deaths of Kevin Mark Powell, 47, and Steve Adams, 52, but police say Avesenew is expected to face charges related to their deaths.
The victims’ bodies were found inside their rented home early Sunday after one of the victims sister called police when her brother didn’t show up at her house for the holidays.
Detectives say Avsenew lives in Hollywood. The victims used to live there, but it’s unclear whether that is related to the crime. Detectives say the suspect had left South Florida and traveled to Dundee.
The victims’ car, a black 2003 Saturn Vue with Florida tag 989VRL, also has been recovered.
A neighbor told reporters that the block where Powell and Adams lived is transient, filled with snowbirds, renters and vacationers at a nearby bed and breakfast.
Wilton Manors police, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies are working together on the case.
Anyone with further information is asked to contact WMPD Detective Biagio Balistreri at 954-390-2150. To provide anonymous information about this case, the public can contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
